Lynn's Software Recommendations

Telnet/SSH: Putty

Putty is both a telnet and SSH (Secure Shell) client.
It allows you to log into many embedded Ethernet devices such as Digi
Device Servers.

Why do I recommend this?

HyperTerminal under Windows XP is broken for use as a telnet client.
It kind of works, but saves all log files as garbage.
The Windows XP commandline telnet lacks normal flexibility.

Since I need to use telnet daily, I needed a better tool - Putty works
as I expect.
Since Digi products support SSH login, some day I may actually need SSH
- but for now telnet is all I use.
Since I have a U3-enabled USB stick I use Putty for U3. I include a
second link for a Putty rebuild which does NOT store its parameters
in the Windows registry.
This makes it portable, but I have not tried that specific version.